All-Iowa Fair Week Opens With Rodeo and Mayors Day
The All-Iowa fair at Hawkeye Downs reports 17 182 attendees for the first day as Rodeo Cowboys Association events begin. Mayors from 21 Eastern Iowa cities join lunch at the fairgrounds while judges evaluate dairy sheep and garden shows and Am phitheater performances feature Al Hirt.
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Hawkeye Downs
Downs
Rodeo Cowboys Assn
Billy Greiner
Iowa
Louis Matthews
Greeley
L. ©. Weston
Hazleton
Verne Beasmore
Lisbon
L. W. Holberts
Manchester
Frank J. Benesh
Mr. Vernon
Earl H. de Shaw
Monticello
George H. Bowler
Hiawatha
Virgil H. Walter
Stanwood
Glenn A. Blaine
Bertram
Donald F. Zeller
Palo
Harold Andrews
Blairstown
Fred Hefflefinger
Olin
Elmer Haerther
Atkins
Ralph W. Potter
Marion
C. K. Gordon
Marielle
Tom Neenan
Center Point
Clyde Lowe
London
Carl’ Allenstein
Lamont
Orville M. Cox
Springville
Gene Compton
Durant
Ruth Watters
Monmouth
Robert Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Fair’ Board
Fairgrounds
FBI reports 1966 U.S. crime up sharply in six years
The FBI’s annual crime report shows a 48 percent rise in overall crime since 1960, with violent crime up 11 percent last year. Since 1968 crime volume rose 62 percent while per capita crime climbed 10.2 percent. About 3.25 million serious crimes occurred in 1966 including 10,920 homicides. Property losses exceeded $1.2 billion with much later recovered.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Kirk confronts Black Power rally in Jacksonville
Florida Governor Claude Kirk interrupted a rally at a ball park in Jacksonville, sharing the stage with a Negro national guard officer and taking the microphone from H. Rap Brown. The crowd booed Brown while Kirk mixed handshakes with Negro attendees, presenting a campaign style moment amid racial tensions and public attention.
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Florida
Claude Kirk
H. Rap Brown
Jacksonville
Brown
Kirk
Claude’ Kirk
Negro National Guard
Black Power
Escalator to Success Joke Prompts Government Gripe
A humorous quip questions why strive for advancement when the state might provide an escalator instead. The line mirrors a satirical take on government assistance and self initiative.
Ling-Temco-Vought Eyes Allis-Chalmers Takeover
Ling-Temco-Vought Inc informs Allis-Chalmers it plans a tender offer for control if the Allis-Chalmers board approves. Offer set at 45 a share for up to 4.75 million shares plus 143 000 convertible preferred at 150 a share. Both sides must move before a formal bid, with stock markets showing gains on the news.
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Dallas
UPI
Ling- Temco-Vought
Inc
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Allis- Chalmers
Ling-Temco-Vought
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Common
Wilson and Co. I
U.S. Airmen Down Two Mig-21s in North Vietnam Dogfight
U. S. Navy fighter bombers shot down two Mig-21s over North Vietnam in a rare air duel. Command also reported 40 Vietnamese civilians killed and 36 wounded when Army helicopters came under enemy ground fire in the Mekong Delta nine days earlier.
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Saigon
U. S. Navy
U.S. Losses Reported in Vietnam as Skirmishes Continue
U S combat casualties for last week totaled 146 killed and 1,064 wounded with 14 missing or captured. Mig-21s of North Vietnam were shot down by Phantoms from the carrier Constellation, while a third Mig-21 eluded missiles. Civilians in Aug. 2 helicopter-fire incidents were in a crowd fleeing a Viet Cong withdrawal near a government outpost, with an investigation underway.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Constellation
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Pressure To Curb Police Witnesses Policy Battle
Washington AP reports Senate Judiciary hearings on an antiriot bill face witness shortages. An Eastland aide cites local political pressure as hindering testimonies from Detroit Philadelphia Newark and others. City officials deny orders to restrain police action during riots.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol
Hill
Eastland
D-Miss
Antiriot
Detroit
Ray Girardin
Newark
Leonard
Kowalewski
Hugh Addonizio
Nashville
John Sorace
Commission urges big rise in Negros in national guard
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders urged immediate expansion of riot control training for both army and air national guards and chamada an immediate study to prevent substandard officer appointments. It cited Detroit riots testimony and pushed Johnson to seek action with highest urgency.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
National Guard
Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Defense Department
David Ginsburg
Cyrus Vance
Defense
McNamara
Detroit
United States
Commission
Negro Colonel in Vietnam Defends Negroes and Fights Riots
In Da Nang Col Daniel James Jr 47 a black power critic from Pensacola says Negroes are ready to fight at home and in Vietnam He urges firm stand against violence while noting many oppose extremists James cites Truman's 1948 integration and recalls World War II civil rights actions He argues media bias fuels riots and urges responsible leadership from all.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Daniel James, Jr
Pensacola
Fla
North Vietnam
James
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Student Non+violent
U.S
Johnson Field
Ind
Truman
Tom
Air Force
Clothing Ignites Burns Fatal to Tot in Kalona
Three year old Tobias A. Miller died at University hospitals after his clothing caught fire from gasoline in a basement can near a hot water heater. The blaze caused fatal burns about 7 p.m. The state fire marshal and Johnson county sheriff investigated. Survived by parents Alvin T. and ______ Miller, brother Elsen, and grandparents Tobias J. Miller and Tobias B. Miller. Service set for Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
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Kalona
Torbias A. Miller
University Hospitals
Town City
Burns
Alvin T. Miller
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Johnson County
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Jersey
Southdown
Oxford
Shropshire
Allamakee
al Hirt
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Kirk Neers Tes Rally
Tallahassee
L-T-V
A-C
Davis
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Theia
Preimier Ky
U. S
John Chadwick
First Air
Cavalry Division
Song
Re Valley
Cmdr
Robert Davis
el Dorado
Ark
Guy Freeborn
Hart
Mich
Free- Sern
Javis
Freeborn
Illinois
Otto Kerner
New York
John Lindsay
By Robert Ohman
Havana
Africa
Tucson
Ariz
Claude
Danny
University of Arizona
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